Chapel St Leonards Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.21° N 0.35° E

Chapel St Leonards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Chapel St Leonards sea temperature is
14.2°C
2.2° 

Chapel St Leonards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Chapel St Leonards today (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Chapel St Leonards at 4AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (23 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (23 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

Table - waves today at Chapel St Leonards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat night, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Fri morning, near gales from the SSW by Sat afternoon).

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
N
8
1.3
ESE
5
1.1
SE
5
1
SE
5
0.7
SE
4
0.3
N
8
0.6
E
6
1.7
NNW
5
2
NNW
7
1.8
NNW
7
1.2
N
9
1
N
9
0.8
N
9
0.6
N
8
0.4
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.1
E
9
0.1
N
7
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.4
N
9
0.7
N
9
0.7
N
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
65
59
44
20
12
26
0
346
352
220
155
93
47
20
10
5
2
1
1
1
24
85
92
Wind (km/h)
35
ESE
35
ESE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
15
NW
40
NW
50
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
W
25
SW
35
SSW
50
S
60
SSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
50
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
4:31AM4.57m
5:10PM4.69m
5:10AM4.98m
5:44PM5.10m
5:47AM5.37m
6:17PM5.43m
Low Tide
10:35PM1.75m
10:59AM0.95m
11:17PM1.32m
11:37AM0.52m
11:54PM0.91m
12:14PM0.18m
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6:41
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5:44
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6
2
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7
4
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Temp °C
11
12
13
12
12
12
11
8
8
8
8
8
11
10
13
15
11
9
9
10
11
11
10
10
Feels °C
3
6
8
8
9
9
2
-3
-3
-2
1
2
3
0
2
7
2
-2
-3
-1
0
0
1
2
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